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opinions or beliefs that are held or accepted by most people
Conventional wisdom in Hollywood says that a movie can't succeed unless it stars a famous actor or actress.
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Recent Examples of conventional wisdom
The conventional wisdom is that Harris is guarded and doesn’t put herself out there a whole lot.
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
The conventional wisdom says no, on the ground that understanding irreversibility requires engaging in sophisticated reasoning about the future, a capacity that is likely beyond many nonhuman animals.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
As the business has grown substantially, conventional wisdom says that this isn't an efficient use of a CEO’s time.
—Armon Petrossian, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
According to conventional wisdom, organizations should rapidly react to technological advances, new market dynamics, and shifting consumer preferences.
—Jianwen Liao
feng Zhu, Harvard Business Review, 14 Oct. 2024
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Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
The conventional wisdom says no, on the ground that understanding irreversibility requires engaging in sophisticated reasoning about the future, a capacity that is likely beyond many nonhuman animals.
—Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
As the business has grown substantially, conventional wisdom says that this isn't an efficient use of a CEO’s time.
—Armon Petrossian, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
According to conventional wisdom, organizations should rapidly react to technological advances, new market dynamics, and shifting consumer preferences.
—Jianwen Liao
feng Zhu, Harvard Business Review, 14 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conventional wisdom
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The results did, however, indicate Republican voters could be crossing party lines to vote for Harris.Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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This worry crossed party lines, with similar levels of concern reported among both Republicans and Democrats.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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Such generalizations, of course, are necessarily built on a small sample size.Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Between the lines: The highly unusual state report was heavy on generalizations and light on data, the Times reported.Kathryn Varn, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
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Tour ’74 was Dylan’s first-ever arena tour—a rock commonplace by 1974 that had not even been imaginable in 1966.Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2024
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Neumann was a lifelong social democrat whose writings evince neither sympathy for Soviet communism nor any whiff of the fellow-traveling commonplace among radicals during the 1930s and 1940s.William E. Scheuerman, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2013
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But in contrast to many small-town series, these groups—and the individuals who comprise them—aren’t reduced to meaningless stereotypes.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Today’s sponsors reflect a broader understanding that racing’s appeal extends far beyond traditional masculine stereotypes.Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2024
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After intercepting a pass in the final minutes to help seal the deal, Bynum instinctively found the camera in the end zone, then busted out a routine he’s been working on for a few weeks.Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 11 Nov. 2024
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Her coach, Cecile Landi, saw that judges had erred in evaluating the degree of difficulty for an element of her routine and her score was corrected, landing her in third place.Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
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